Is "Impeding Travel for Many Students" as Part of a Protest First Amendment-Protected Speech?
The First Circuit says "yes." Really?
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Seventh Circuit: District Court Order to Federal Immigration Official "Infringes on the Separation of Powers"
From today's order in In re Noem (7th Cir.): After the district court issued a temporary restraining order affecting some aspects of… The post Seventh Circuit: District Court Order to Federal Immigration Official "Infringes on the Separation of Powers" appeared first on Reason.com.
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James Comey Says His Grudge-Driven Prosecution Is Unconstitutional Retaliation for His Criticism of Trump
Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2017
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California Couple Faces $1 Million in Fines for Code Violations Committed by Their Home's Previous Owner
Corinne and Doug Thomas on their property
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iRobot Faces Bankruptcy After Elizabeth Warren Helped Kill $1.65 Billion Amazon Merger
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) and a Roomba robot vacuum by iRobot.
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Short Circuit: An Inexhaustive Weekly Compendium of Rulings from the Federal Courts of Appeal
Pill-pushing predictions, off-campus speech, and a crude insurrection.
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How Opioid Settlement Money Turned Into a $600K Party Fund
Protester holding sign saying 'Overdose Prevention Centers'
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Trump's National Guard Plan Edges the U.S. Closer to a Permanent Federal Police Force
A newly revealed Pentagon directive instructs every state to train riot-control units within their National Guards—raising questions about federal overreach and the growing militarization of domestic emergencies.
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Britain's Prince Andrew Taken Down by Epstein and Chinese Spy Scandals
Prince Andrew (center) at a memorial service in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, UK. 7 July 2015.
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Zohran Mamdani's $5 Billion Corporate Tax Hike Threatens NYC's Status as the World's Financial Capital
Zohran Mamdani photographed from below diagonal angle, with tall buildings behind him and a small American flag waving in the wind.
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Trump's Tariff Chaos Crushes Board Game Makers: 'The U.S. Is Our Least Trustworthy Trading Partner'
Board game cards and pieces with a red dollar background
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Zohranpocalypse?
Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani gets endorsed by the United Teachers Federation in downtown Manhattan on July 9th 2025.
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Palestinian Youth Movement Social Media Posts with "No Justice, No Peace" Urging Protest Outside Synagogue Are Protected Speech
From Helmann v. Codepink Women for Peace, decided June 13 by Judge Stephen Wilson (C.D. Cal.), but just posted on… The post Palestinian Youth Movement Social Media Posts with "No Justice, No Peace" Urging Protest Outside Synagogue Are Protected Speech appeared first on Reason.com.
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CodePink Social Media Posts with Inverted Red Triangle Urging Protest Outside Synagogue Could Be Punishable Threats of Violence
From Helmann v. Codepink Women for Peace, decided June 13 by Judge Stephen Wilson (C.D. Cal.), but just posted on… The post CodePink Social Media Posts with Inverted Red Triangle Urging Protest Outside Synagogue Could Be Punishable Threats of Violence appeared first on Reason.com.
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ICE's Mass Arrests Ensnare U.S. Citizens and Show No Signs of Stopping
Masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in a hallway outside immigration court.
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Today in Supreme Court History: October 31, 1963
10/31/1963: Cleveland Police Detective patted down, and arrested John W. Terry. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 31, 1963 appeared first on Reason.com.
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Today in Supreme Court History: October 30, 1735
10/30/1735: President John Adams's birthday. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 30, 1735 appeared first on Reason.com.
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Review: Eddington Takes on the Chaotic 2020 Politics of COVID
Joaquin Phoenix as Joe Cross
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Brickbat: No Bad Boys
A police officer in a neon vest acts as a crossing guard, helping school children cross the street safely.
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Crisis on the Right as Heritage Foundation President Roberts Seems to Go Groyper
As Jewish Insider reports: Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts doubled down on the influential conservative group's support for Tucker Carlson,… The post Crisis on the Right as Heritage Foundation President Roberts Seems to Go Groyper appeared first on Reason.com.
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According to Trump, He Has Already Saved 350,000 Lives by Murdering Suspected Drug Smugglers
President Donald Trump during a meeting with with Chinese President Xi Jinping
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Deplatforming Nick Fuentes Won't Stop Antisemitism
Tucker Carslon and Nick Fuentes
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What Did A Young John Roberts Contribute To Chief Justice Rehnquist's Opinion In Dames & Moore v. Regan?
Probably not very much.
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A Portland Family Says Their Dad Was Wrongly Arrested by ICE. Now He's Lost in Immigration Detention.
Juan Barbosa Gomez
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America's $30 Trillion Publicly Held Debt Is 42 Times Larger Than It Was in 1980
A ball of money on fire
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The Voting Rights Act Asymmetry Comes For Staten Island
The VRA allow Democrats to challenge Republican districts, but does not allow Republicans to challenge Democratic districts.
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Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Tennessee Man Over Facebook Meme
Larry Bushart after his release from jail.
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Social Media Speech "Recklessly" Jeopardizing Classmates' Sense of "Safety" by "Condon[ing]" "Forcible Family Separation by Immigration Authorities" May Be Punishable
So argues a concurring opinion in today's Second Circuit decision in Leroy v. Livingston Manor Central School Dist., also speaking about speech that "callously cheer[s] on or condone[s]" "police brutality, ... religiously-motivated attacks on their houses of worship, sexual or gender-based violence, or any other type of targeted state or private violence."
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The Left's Secret Repeal of No Taxes on Tips
Shawn Townsend, president and CEO of the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington, and Mayor Muriel Bowser conduct a news conference after a roundtable about the repeal of Initiative 82 which eliminated the tipped minimum wage.
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3 Reasons Why Zohran Mamdani's City-Run Grocery Stores Will Fail
Kennedy and Zohran mamdani on the streets of New York city
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School's "Interest in Teaching Racial Sensitivity Is Not Sufficient" to Justify Punishing Student's "Free Expression Off-Campus"
So holds the Second Circuit: "Tying a student speaker's constitutional right to free expression solely to the reaction that speech garners from upset or angry listeners cannot be squared with [First Amendment] principles."
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These Small Business Owners Explain How Trump's Tariffs Are More of an 'Existential Crisis' Than COVID
Illustration featuring Jess Nepstad, Cassie Abel, and Aabesh De (left to right) in front of shipping containers with President Donald Trump's face in the background
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Could the United States Unilaterally Grant Puerto Rico Independence?
Puerto Rico does not have a viable path towards statehood, and it is unclear what value Commonwealth status provides to the United States.
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Gender Queer, Libel by Implication, and "Truth Is Not a Complete Defense of Defamation"
Galdos-Shapiro, a school teacher in Great Barrington (Mass.), was questioned and briefly detained in her classroom by the police over… The post Gender Queer, Libel by Implication, and "Truth Is Not a Complete Defense of Defamation" appeared first on Reason.com.
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When the Government Censored Dracula, Frankenstein, and King Kong
Frankenstein's monster against a multi-colored background that includes a red censor symbol
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Brickbat: Declared Dead
A doctor in her office speaks with a woman during a consultation.
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Wednesday Open Thread
What's on your mind? (Sorry for the delay posting this today.)
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Calling Teacher "Bully," "Lunatic," "Woke," "God Complex," and "White Savior" Is Opinion and Thus Not Defamation
Yesterday's Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision in MacCudden v. Johnson (Justice Joseph Donald, joined by Justice Maxine White), involved a… The post Calling Teacher "Bully," "Lunatic," "Woke," "God Complex," and "White Savior" Is Opinion and Thus Not Defamation appeared first on Reason.com.
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Trump's Move To Replace 12 ICE Directors Could Mean More Aggressive and Unconstitutional Immigration Enforcement
An orang background with black and white images of someone being handcuffed and led by ICE agents
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Trump's 'Golden Dome' Missile Defense Could Cost $3.6 Trillion: Report
A test of the Arrow-3 missile on Kodiak Island, Alaska. 19 July 2019.
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Emory University Senate Open Expression Committee Opinion on "Termination of Professor Due to Charlie Kirk-Related Speech"
From the opinion released Oct. 21, 2025: In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, an Emory professor posted… The post Emory University Senate Open Expression Committee Opinion on "Termination of Professor Due to Charlie Kirk-Related Speech" appeared first on Reason.com.
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DOJ Subpoena to Gender Medicine Telehealth Provider Quashed, but Record Not Sealed
From Judge Jamal Whitehead (W.D. Wash.) in Queerdoc, PLLC v. U.S. Dep't of Justice: On January 20, 2025, President Trump… The post DOJ Subpoena to Gender Medicine Telehealth Provider Quashed, but Record Not Sealed appeared first on Reason.com.
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